Shortbread

Preparation info
  • 12 to 14 pieces

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
New York Times Menu Cookbook

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1966

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Ingredients

  • ½ cup superfine sugar
  • 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
  • ¼

Method

  1. Preheat oven to slow (300°F.).

  2. Place the sugar, flour and salt on a board and gently mix together.

  3. Squeeze the butter in the hands until it is pliable and then very slowly start to incorporate the flour mixture into the butter.